KCH is excited to welcome the arrival of the Youth Mission Group from First Christian Church in Keokuk, Iowa. They’ll be volunteering their time and talents in various capacities throughout the KCH campus beginning June 10th and lasting approximately through the end of that week. We’re so grateful they’re coming back to KCH! “We are […]
Chaplain’s Message: Refuge
Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear. – Psalm 46.1-2a (NRSV) The Bosque del Apache is a National Wildlife Refuge two hours south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Established in 1939 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 57,000-acre refuge is […]
Meet Our Residents: Orval & Cherie Y.
In elementary school, when Cherie’s blonde pigtails were dipped in the desk inkwell behind her little did she know she would eventually marry the mischievous boy whose actions forced her grandmother to trim her hair. Yet, that’s how she and her first husband came into contact. They were married forty-five years and adopted two children: […]
Chaplain’s Message: Who Are You Wearing?
This month I share with you the following article by Kenneth L. Samuel, Pastor of Victory for the World Church, Decatur, Georgia. – Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion. – Colossians 3.12 (NIV) Have you noticed that people will often notice what […]
Meet Our Resident: Bonnie T.
Born in the city of Lewisville, Nebraska, and the third child of four born to her parents, Bonnie Hutchison was encouraged and given the tools and resources to teach herself how to play the piano (and eventually the organ as well). Her mother bought her first piano for $25 which didn’t include the piano bench. […]
Meet Our Resident: Wilma Schwemmer
Wilma Deane Brown was the third child born to Leo and Aline Brown in Purdy, Missouri on October 4, 1935. She grew up with one older sister and one brother and eventually the family enlarged to include two more sisters and two more brothers. As a teenager Wilma would sing with her older sister at […]
Chaplain’s Message: A Commercial Break
Submitted by KCH’s Rev. Dr. Diana Leaf, Chaplain The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. – Psalm 23.1 (NIV) A mother is trying to teach her daughter to be suspicious of commercials. When an ad breaks in on the YouTube video they’re watching, she’ll talk back to the screen: “We already have a car!” or […]
Chaplain’s Message: Stay Human
Submitted by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, Chaplain Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2 (NRSV) The first thing Jon Batiste did when he got to […]
Meet Our Residents: Bob & Judith P.
Bob and Judy Priest are new Tilsley Village residents who seem to retain their contentment no matter how difficult their situations. It’s not that they deny their hardships. Rather, they do not let these misfortunes conquer their ability to appreciate the positive things that have come their way. Their marriage in June 1961 was officiated […]
Chaplain’s Message: Such Great Lengths
by Rev. Dr. Diana C. Leaf, KCH Chaplain Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight and see why the bush is not burned up.”– Exodus 3:1-3 (NRSV, adapted) Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain […]